Hung Cheng-I’s Blog

     After some years, the seasons came and went. Only few animals remember the old days before the Rebellion. Many animals dead, but pigs still health and fat. Although the farm is more big, more food, and more rich, the animals’ life still poor, besides pigs.

    In the past, ” four legs good, two legs bad.” But when pigs learn to walk by two legs, it changes to ” “Four legs good, two legs better!”. No animals give up their hope, no animals forget their dream, but only pigs enjoy the result. “ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS” indicates the animal farm’s situation. Pigs get more and more tools and clothes, they start to read newspaper, they start to buy radio, they even buy a TV. Pigs also use whip to press animals keep work.

  At final, animal farm “corrects” the situation. The pigs and human beings have no different. Pigs and human are also leader, and animals have to obey the leader!

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Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

    The animals started rebuilding the windmill again. Food became scarce and rations were cut again, except for the dogs and the pigs. When new pigs were born, Napoleon demanded that a schoolhouse was built for them, even though the rest of the farm animals were suffering. Squealer continues giving out reports saying how Animal Farm is doing better than ever. Boxer finally dies from overworking and old age. The pigs are starting to buy alcohol, but the animals do not know where they are getting the money to do so.

     After the eliminative activity, some animals remember their rule. Do not kill other animal, but they find it run: “No animal shall kill any other animal without cause.” But they see now that the Commandment have not been violated; for clearly there is good reason for killing the traitors who have leagued themselves with Snowball.
     Napoleon has more and more meritorious services, the animals’ work also get more and more. Although many animals declare that they have better life or more result about work the reason is Napoleon, the animals’ life is not better. Their life become worse then the life in Mr.Jone’s period. Napoleon tell animals many lie, but he always can find some other lies to explain his original meaning. At the same time, Napoleon trades with human. He wants to cheat the human and to get more monry, but he faild. After he loses his goods (wood) and brings about a war. Frederick and his force not only kill many animals but also destroy the mill. At final, the animals still win the war, but they also suffer the pain. When every animal sorrows about lost emotion, Napoleon drinks excess and he says Snowball wants to poison him. Although he “cures” very soon, he changes other rule quickly and pigs start to drink.

A strong and bitter winter is coming, however; animals still keep working hard to rebuild the mill. Because they knew the human beings who spread rumors were watching them gloatingly.        

“Beasts of
England” was forbidden to sing and replaced another song, Animal Farm, which many animals queried and made by Minimus, who is the poet. Because the song had no longer any purpose till the rebellion was now completed.Every Sunday morning, the song was sung after the hoisting of the flag. But somehow neither the words nor the tune ever seemed to the animals to come up to Beasts of England.

     For the rest of the year, the animals work at a backbreaking pace to farm enough food for themselves and to build the windmill. The leadership cuts the rationsand the animals receive no food at all unless they work on Sunday afternoons.
     Although their work is strenuous, the animals suffer no more than they had under Mr. Jones. They have enough to eat and can maintain the farm grounds easily now that humans no longer come to cart off and sell the fruits of their labor. Mr. Whymper begins paying a visit to the farm every Monday, and Napoleon places orders with him for various supplies. The pigs begin living in the farmhouse, and rumor has it that they even sleep in beds, a violation of one of the Seven Commandments.
     Around this time, a fearsome storm descends on Animal Farm, coming down roof tiles, an elm tree, and even the flagstaff. When the animals go into the fields, they find, to their horror, that the windmill, on which they have worked so hard, has been toppled. Napoleon announces that the windmill has been sabotaged by Snowball, who, he says, will do anything to destroy Animal Farm. Napoleon passes a death sentence on Snowball, offering a bushel of apples to the traitor’s killer. He then gives a passionate speech in which he convinces the animals that they must rebuild the windmill, despite the backbreaking toil involved.

In this chapter has some different changes. At first, some animals can not tolerate without human beings’ life. Theyescape and give up the free life in animal farm. By the way, the conflict of the leaders becomes more and more seriously.
Although Snowball has many ideas and that could help animals have better live, Napoleon could not agree any ideas. At one time, Snowball want animals to build a windmill and he declares that windmill could help animals decrease works and havebetter life. Napoleon against this idea and use his military group( nine dogs) dispel Snowball.
After few weeks, Napoleonpoints animals should build the windmill and he implies it is his idea. Snowball just a plagiarist.

    The news of rebellion on the Animal Farm spread like rippling on the water. The animals neighboring farms all talked about their story and sang their tune of Beasts of England. Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Frederick, who own the adjoining farms, fear that disenchantment will spread among their own animals. Their rivalry with each other, however, prevents them from working together against Animal Farm. They  rumor about the farm’s inefficiency and animals are killed by hunger.

     Moreover, the farmer, Mr. Jones, and some farmers who are expelled like Mr. Jones tried to recapture of their farms. Snowball lead the animals resist them and get a successful result of battle. In the fight,  Boxer fights bravely, as does Snowball, and the humans suffer a quick defeat. The animals’ losses amount only to a single sheep. Boxer, who believes that he has unintentionally killed a stable boy in the chaos, expresses his regret at taking a life, even though it is a human one. Snowball tells him not to feel guilty, asserting that “the only good human being is a dead one.”

     Finally, animals had a battle which was called “the
Battle of the Cowshed” against Mr. Jones and they, animals, got a big victory. Even, they set the gun up at the foot of the
Flagstaff to memory this battle and called this day as “The anniversary of the Rebellion.” 

The selection of animal farm :

     All the men were gone except one. Back in the yard Boxer was pawing with his hoof at the stable-lad who lay face down in the mud, trying to turn him over.

     The boy did not stir. “He is dead,” said Boxer sorrowfully. “I had no intention of doing that. I forgot that I was wearing iron shoes. Who will believe that I did not do this on purpose?”

     “No sentimentality, comrade!” cried Snowball from whose wounds the blood was still dripping. “War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.”

      “I have no wish to take life, not even human life,” repeated Boxer, and his eyes were full of tears.

After farmer escaping, the animals try to do anything that they never before. Although some animals do not work hard and always find any changes to absence without leave, most animals still work hard and enjoy their achievements. Pigs also lead the animals to learn words and try to control the animals. Some pigs even organize the military group secretly. By the way, pigs start use a falsehood to persuade animals pigs should get more food to keep pigs’ health. The main reason is pigs use thier wisdom, so they should be provided more nutrition.

After Tom’s aunt finds Tom’s bad behavior, she punishes Tom to paint the hedge. In that time, Tom only wants to play and have a a good weekend. When he tries to entice other child to help him to paint the hedge, his aunt success stop him. But Tom does not  give up, this time he entices other child by a trick way. Tom makes the painting to a art creation. Many boys are lied by Tom, and exchange the jog by the toys or other thing. After a long time, Tom not only finishes the paint, but also gets much “treasure”. He is really a smart boy!